davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1887-02-17
A MURDEROUS ASA ULT

With good intent, is made upon
buttons Of every description, rang
ing in prices from 25c to SOC, this
is the odds and ends of stock, you
can have them at 10c a dozen. Our
bonanza corset for soc regular
price 75c.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1887-11-05
THE WORLDS BIGGEST SPONGE
Description of Prize Taker-Mediter-

Description of a Prize Ta1xer-Mediter-
 ranean Sponges-Curiosities Found.
 ''That is the largest Florida sponge in the world" said William street dealer to reporter.
 The sponge looked like the matched roof of a small cabin, and measures eight feet in circumference when wet.
 "We have one in Philadelphia on tenn porary exhibition there that is ten feet in circumference. It is from the Mediter- ranean. This sponge has taken medals in France, Amsterdam, New Orleans and other places. We would not take $500 for it. It holds fifteen gallons of water"
 The reporter was then shown the smallest, which is as big as chestnut, and never grows any larger. It is taken on the reefs and is sold for slate sponge.
 1.-The Mediterranean sponges, con- tinued the informant, ''are taken in the Grecian archipelago, by men in diving suits, who go into much deeper water than they do in Florida. There most of them are taken with grappling irons, in the same way as oysters. They can be seen with the eye at the bottom, clinging to the rocks. When one is dislodged another grows in its place, taking from six months to a year. A great many are also taken in the Bahamas. The market for that crop is Nassau, New Providence. Key West is tine market for the Florida sponges. which are taken all along the coast. Trieste and London are the markets for the Mediterranean sponges. Some are taken off the coast of China"
 "Are any curiosities found in them?"
 "We had one once that inclosed a large jug. It was a fine sponge, and had grown completely around it. They are frequently full of shells. When a sponge is first taken out of the water it is as black as ink, and it has to be treated by various processes until it becomes the color commonly seen. A sponge is the ] lowest order of animal life, being con sidered partly animal and partly vege- table. A number of minute animals live
 in it. The business is about half cen tury old in this country. Sponges are ) sold by the bale in this country, and by the case in Europe, They weigh from
 25 to 100 pounds When sold by weight
 the dealers are allowed to sand then about 25 per cent. Prices range iron g S1O to $50, the latter for very fin, g toilet sponges. There are many grades such as silk, velvet, cup, glass, bath surgeon, slate, etc. :"
 "When is the active season?" : ''Spring and fall are the active season i for selling For gathering, the latte
 part of the year-November and De
 cember-is the most active, althougl d some fishing is carried on all the year. ll New York Mail and Express.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1887-11-05
New Yorl,s Network of Wires.

There are about 20, 900 miles of tele- graph and telephone wires in New York city. Of this number the Western Union Telegraph company operates and con- trols moro than 5000 miles, 500 miles of which are already placed in conduits underground. The same company 'oper- ates over 430, 900 miles all told. Its wires if stretched in one continuous line would go around the globe nearly eight cen times, and they would reach from the earth to the moon and almost back again. The 20, 1000 miles of wire in this city would make over 2,220 parallel lines from the Battery to Harlem river, and over double that number from the East to the North river at the greatest width of Mammalian Island.
 This length of wire weighs compara- lively little. The wires of the Western Union company vary in weight from 330 to $50 pounds per mile. Taking the smallest sized wire as basis for calcula- tion, one ton of metal would make thir- teen and one-third miles of wire, while 2,000 tons would be sufficient to stretch around the world, with plenty to spare. The cost of the wires is about six cents per pound. They are very durable when stretched through an open country, last ing from twenty-five to thirty years. Atmospheric changes affect them but little. Repairs are chiefly made in towns where chemical substances are used fol manufacturing purposes, the smoke from the factory chinneys being very destruc tive to the metal.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1887-11-05
The Western Settlers Chosen
 Specific

With every advance of emigration into the. far West, new demand is created for Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. Newly peopled regions are frequently less sal ubrious than older settled localities, on account of the miasma which rises from recently cleared land, particularly along the banks of rivers that are subject to freshets. The agricultural or mining emigrant soon learns, when he does not already know, that the Bitters afford the only sure protection against malaria, and those disorders of the stomach, liver and bowels, to which climate changes, expos ure, and unaccustomed or unhealthy water or diet subject him. Consequently, he places an estimate upon this great household specific and preventive com mensurate with it's intrinsic merits, and is careful to keep on hand restoi ative and promoter of health so implicitly to be relied upon in time of need.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1887-11-05

HUNGARIAN. MUSIC.

Wild and Impressive Strains Borrowed
 From the Voice of the Tempest.
 Did the Tziganes bring their music ready made into Hungary, or did they find it there on their arrival, and mere ly adopt it? is question occasioning much controversy. Liszt is inclined to think the former, which would mean that no Hungarian music existed pre- vious to the advent of the Gypsies in the country. That this music is essen- tially of an Asiatic character is, how ever, no positive proof in favor of this theory; for are not the Hungarians themselves an outwandered Asiatic raceP And what more natural than the supposition that one Asiatic race should be the best interpreter of the music of kindred peopleP More like ly, however, this music is the uncon- scious joint production of the two, the Tzigane being the artist who has sounded the depth of the Hungarian nature and given expression to it. re- member once asking distinguished Polish lady, herself notable musician and pupil of the great Chopin, whether she ever played Hungarian music. ''No," she answered, "I can not play it; there is something in that music which 1 have not got-something which is wanting in me-" What was want ing came to understand later, when I became familiar with Hungarian music as rendered by the Tzigane players. It was the training of Gypsy's whole life which was wanting here-a training which alone teaches the secret of deciphering those wild strains which seem borrowed from the voice of the tempest or stolen from whispering reeds. In order to have played the Hungarian music aright she would have required to have slept on mountain tops during score of years. to have been awakened by falling dews, to have shared the food of eagles and squirrels. and have been on equally fa- miliar terms with stags and snakes 1 conditions which unfortunately lie quite out of the reach of delicate Polish ladies.-BLacbaOood' s Magazine.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1887-11-05

SAN FRANCISCO is enjoying it's proudest sensation. Henry Benhayon, brother ot the poisoned wife of the condemned Dr. Bowers, was recently found dead in a lodging house room, and he has left a confession that he poisoned his sister and that Dr. Bowers is innocent of the crime. The theory now uppermost in the minds of the authorities is that this last tragedy is the result of a conspiracy to save the neck of Dr. Bowers, but the mystery is too deep for any satisfactory solution. The San Francisco people must have their unique diversion though justice bt twisted out of shape to furnish it.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1887-11-05
Sa e of Property.

The Board of SuperN isors will sell at pri- vate sale, the following described, property held by Tax Deed of Delinquent taxes for 1886.
 R S Apsey Ranch and improvements
 and personal property, Ash Creek V l6 Southern Bell mining company, min:
 ing machinery and buildings and
 personal property, American Flag 36l 42 Frank Mayor, house and butcher shop
 Main Street, Silver King. 24 S3 Monarch of the Sea Mining Company
 Frame Dwelling and engine room and personal property, Silver
 King. ..............-. 11o oZ P Acosta, small ad ,be house, north
 side of R. R. Track, Casa Grande 16 50 Estate of L. Bowman, 1 house east
 of Williams Hotel, Silver King: 19 32 Leo Goldman, 1 adobe stone and
 frame storehouse. north side of
 Mason street Pinal ............ 46 32 Ray Copper Company, smelter and
 building near Riverside. ........ 1H 57 Ray Copper Company, mill and build
 ings at Ray mine. e............... 6S0 Oo
 By Order of the Board
 VIM. E. GUILD, Clerk.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1887-11-05
Notice.

Sealed proposals will be received for clear ing surveying, stalking and making plat of the new cemetery for the village of Florence. Said bids must be in the hands of the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors on or before Mon day, November 7th, at a. m, from whom all information and specifications may be ob- tained
 By order of the Board
 WM. E. GUILD.
 Clerk. The Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1887-11-05

THE farmer of the Gila valley can plant his crop and gather his harvest without reference to gathering clouds and weather
 signs-totally indifferent to all meteor ological portent. His acres receive the water needed for growth of the growing crops just at the proper time and in the proper quantity by simply lifting the gate of an irrigating ditch and permitting the water to flow over the land. Twelve of these ditches are now in use around Florence, covering an area of rich land approximating thirty thousand acres. In addition to these the Florence Canal Company's large canal has been completed for distance of fifteen miles and the water now flows through it to a point several miles south of Florence. This canal is to be at once extended in south erly direction thirty miles further, hay a capacity sufficient to irrigate one hun. dred and forty thousand acres of land
 During the past balf-year over forty thousand acres of government land hai been filed upon by intending settlers
 Another company has been recently formed with the object of constructing
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1887-11-05

BY saving the life of Superintendent Thomas Gates at the risk of his own, convict Barney Riggs has cancelled a very'great portion of the ignominy of his crimes and he deserves fitting rec ognition of his timely services. If he has taken one human life under circum- stances that may possibly possess some mitigating features, he has made atone ment by saving the life of another and one whom every resident of the Territory highly repects. We trust that his good work will not go unrewarded.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1887-11-05
Notice.
and all bids.

It being evident to this Board that with the growth of the village of Florence, and for sanitary reasons and the public good, it is ex- pedient that the present cemetery shall be no longer used for interment, it is hereby or dered that
 On and after the first day of December, 1887, no interments shall be made in the present cemetery of the village of Florence, and that the remains of persons now inferred there may be removed by friends or relatives to the new cemetery, on or after that date, in accordance with law, and application to the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors.
 By order of the Board.
 VIM. E. GUILD
 Clerk.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1887-11-05
Very Queer Law.

If decision just made by the Supreme Court of Connecticut IS sound law, real estate on the banks of rivers with ten dency to change the course of their chan nsls IS a dangerous investment for capi- tai. The court holds that rivers are natural boundaries, and when they alter their course their functions as bound aries are not affected by their former re lation to lands. That no mistake may be ma de interpreting the meaning of the court, the decision gives a forcible H. lustration of possible result from the waywardness of the river. ''If', the deci- sion says, "after washing away the in tervening lot, it shou d .encroacli upon the remoter lots, and should then begin to change its movement in the other di- rection, gradually restoring what it had taken from the intervening lot, the whole, by law of accretion, would belong to the remoter, but now approximate lot. " Under this statement of the law an own CT on the river front is not only liable to see his property gradually disappear un- der his own eyes, but if it reappears sub sequently it belongs, not to him, but tc his fortunate next door neighbor - Scientific American.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1887-11-05

huge storage reservoirs in connection with irrigating canals that will add over fifty thousand acres of land to the area capa ble of being irrigated. Nearly every acre under these canals can be entered at the government price. With such an ar- ray of agricultural resources surrounding Florence we hazard nothing in our pre- dictions of brilliant futuYe for the town as we'll as the whole adjacent valley, es- pecially when we consider the fertility of the soil and advantages to be derived from the early season in which the crops mature. Our Gloom" will be perman- ent one, based solely upon the merits of the resources.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1887-11-05

AFTER December 1st the old cemetery situated so closely to the business center of Florence, will be abandoned and all its silent dwellers will be removed to the new site south of town. There are many good reasons for this change and its wisdom will be commended when the coming years demonstrate that Florence must greatly expand its dimensions in response to the irreprsssible progress of events.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1887-11-05

When editor George H. Tinker went east Tn September he left the Flagstaff Champion in charge of Mir. H G. Tenn pie, who collected between $400 and $500 of Mir. Tinker's money and skip ped out. Detectives looking after train robbers had best watch this clue, for a newspaper man having so much wealth lying around loose is enough to excite the gravest apprehension that his honesty has been tempered with.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1887-11-05

This morning the wife of William KIosson, the musician whose death was noticed in the Arizonan of yesterday, ac- companied by her three-year-old son, ar rived in our city, and her grief was un- speakable, when she learned that her mission had been unavailing, and that she never again could look upon her hus- band in life. The funeral of MT. Klos son, took place from the Catholic church at 3 o'clock thls afternoon, and the Phe- nix brass band rendered the most sol emn dirge in the last march to the grave. MT. Klosson was but 49 years of aye Arizonan.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1887-11-05
Lucky Omaha Boy Wins
 a Prize.

Oscar Groshell in Richardson's drug house was the lucky holder of No. 46,- 856 which drew one-tenth, s2 ,oOo of the $2O, GOO capital prize in the drawing of The Louisiana State Lottery on the 9th ut. He told representative of Bee that he had held ticket in the lottery since last January and drew prize at each drawing He IS not alone in the tickets but that the young men of the house have formed sy indicate and have invest ed $50 in tickets this month. Omaha (Neh Bee Sent 10.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1887-11-05

You are frightened at that loud roar ing noise, are you? Think it's an earth quake because it jars the windows, hey2 Well, it isn't-it's simply prominent citizen down at the courthouse paying his taxes. He has found out that they are $1.75, and he is making all that noise about it. He paid $15 for cigars last month, and his bar bill was $40, and only last week he was fined S1O for be- ing drunk and disorderly; and he paid all of these things and never even little roar-not even a grewl. But, great Scott2 listen to him now when he finds his taxes are $1.75? Just hear him howl He says the government, general and local, is fraud and snare and a delusion. Taxes $1.752 He won't stand itl He knows when he's oppressed and ground down! A dollar and seventy-6ve cents for a whole years taxes! Great heavens, he says, no wonder men are SO | cialists Dakota Bell
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1887-11-05

THE natural facilities existing along the Glla river and adjacent canyons for the construction of reservoirs for water storage makes the problem of the fu- ture water supply easy to solve. Su nearly perfect are some of these form ations that but little money will be re- quired to complete reservoirs capable of storing enough water to irrigate all the lands between the Gila River and the Southern Pacific railroad as far west as the Maricopa county line. The supply of water in the river is ample for all neces- sary purposes if it is safely impeunded during the season of abundance to tide over the few months of It's scarcity, and no better or safer investment for capita can be found than in the building ot uch works.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1887-11-05


 MR D. S. THOMAS, ex- president of the Florence Canal Company, who has re- gently returned from the east, expresses the opinion that many eastern people will visit Florence during the fall and winter, nearly all of them with the intention of investing in property here. He looks for no sudden bloom" in its California sense, but believes that men in their so- Der, business calculations will find better opportunities for profitable ventures in this valley than anywhere on the Pacific coast. Ills opportunities for learning the sentiment of the people regarding Arizona have been ample to impress upon him realization of the favor that is growing rapidly in the east towards this section, and he feels confident that we are soon to experience degree of pro- gress and development that will soor transform our valley into paradise.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1887-11-05

What makes Jones so near-sighted lately. He don tseem to know fellow when he meets him. His father has just died" Well, I never thought grief for the governor would affect his eyesight." ''It don't. But he's come in for all the governors money."- TolD7l Topics
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1887-11-05

Miss B.-'Why is it, MT. A., that whenever you refer to Boston friend you invariably use the word ''fellow" New Yorker-"O, because he belongs around the Hub. of course. "-Bostoss Globe. -
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1887-11-05

A locomotive on the A. d F. road at Ash Fork exploded it's boiler last Tues day, but no details of the affair have come to hand.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1887-11-05
Assessment W Ork.
Churches.

Assumption of the B. V. Catholic Church, Rev. J Monfort, pastor. Sundays and festi- yals of oblig ation, mass, S:30. Prayers, Ben ediction of the Holy Sacrame nt, D. m.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1887-11-05

Southern Arizona is wisely taking ad- vantage of the opportunity now given it to relieve its ranges by shipping all of it's available teef stock to the California market. Not q single head that will bear shipping with profit should be allowed to remain oh the ranges. By the keeping of such stock, when reasonably good prices can be obtained, nothing can be gained. No matter what the surround ing circumstances may be, when steer has once reached maturity it's usefulness on the range has passed, and the sooner it is converted into beef the sooner will dead capital be turned to good account, while all dangers of loss from disease and other causes will be at an end, besides the actual gain that is made in making room on the range for the younger in crease HI oof and Horn.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1887-11-05

A Holbrook dispatch dated Oct. 29th, says: courier from Tonto Basin brings news of the killing of William Bonner, who belonged to the Graham faction, and his death IS credited to the Tewksbury crowd, swelling by one the long list of killed growing out of the notorious feud. Bonner is said to be the man who recent ly bbed the stage fifteen miles north of Fort Apache and IS also said to have participated in train robbery three miles west of Navajo.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1887-11-05

The Chicago and St. Louis base ball clubs will arrive in Phenix about the 17th of N ovember. They will play an exhibition game in this city, which will be well worth seeing. Parties from diff ferent portions of the Territory will visit our city to witness this splendid game. One Tucson gentleman has signi6ed his willingness to purchase 300 tickets of admission to the ball grounds. provided the railroad will give him reduced rates from Tucson to Phenix, which, we be- lieve, will be granted, as game of this character would attract more people than even the annual fair.-Gazette.
Arizona weekly enterprise., 1887-11-05
Pay Up.

The undersigned has placed all his accounts in the hands of MT. J. P Welles for collection with instructions to enforce payment if nec- essarv. Those interested will please take mo- tice and save trouble by prompt settlement
 EUGENE CADoTTE.
Smyrna times., 1887-08-10


selves rather regret the departure of an
many OF their sex for they enjoyed q
week OF rest while the encampment
was mere. The girls, of course, pre-
Ierred TO dance with the handsome Off.
GERS and it is confessed to the shame
OF the fellows that they were glad
10 be relieve of dancing through long
programme every evening, while the
mercury sailed up to 90. Some of the
every day, common place men who
We're cut" have already begun to re-
tallate by enjoying their sea baths and
beach walk alone or at least without
the fair ones.
CONTRACTOR FAHEY MAKES AN
EFFORT TO KILL JEROME B, BELL
OF THE Satisfactorily before u
O'Clock Tuesday Patrick Fahey felled
). B. Bell, editor of the Wilmington
Star, with heavy wooden chair. in
illcting a severe cut over the left frontal
bone, and badly buising other portions
OF Mr.. Bells head Fahey, who has
oeen endeavoring to engineer a claim
through City Council, has been sat
upon " pretty heavily by the public
press, the Star stigmatiZed this claim
as having been SHOWN twice before to
be grOundless and not VALID As
soon as Bell was able to extricate him
self from the chair he gained his feet
ana Knocked Fahey, who still held the
chair upraised, to the floor by a blow
IN the mouth, which not only deprived
the warlike Fabey of a front tooth or
two, but badly cut the hand of the
striker. Fahey was in a heap in a cor
ner, and Bell followed the blow bv
catching his antagonist by the throat
and hitting him two rapid blows in the
iace, which, however, were of little cf-
feet. Others had gathered in the office
Dy TINS time, and further hOstilities
were prevented by the arrival of n
policeman, who took Fahev to the
police station. There is but little
doubt, however, that had Bell been al
lowed to carry out his half of the pro-
gramme the man who made the cow
ardly assault on him would have been
done to a turn"
The Morning NelUs in commentinr
on 1t says: Looked at from every
point of view the assault Yesterday
upon Jerome b. Bell, of the SUNDAY
Star was both brutal and cowardlV.
There are no mitigating circumstances
| whatever, and the only conclusion ia
De reached after reading the story OF
the assault is that Mr.. Fahey either in.
tended 20 kill Mr.. Bell or was perfectly
indifferent as to what would be the re-
| suit of his blow from behind"
Smyrna times., 1887-08-10

Colored Cashmere Shawls.
The wind-up of an importers
stock. All right except that
the assortment of cOiors is short
-drab, ecru, cardinal, blue,
pink, and wine. That makes
the price shrink nearly halt.
Is cents to 81
Plenty of creams in other
lots-$I.25 to So.
Smyrna times., 1887-08-10

If you want Valise for
more'n the name don't fool
with the leather-hash things
We don't keep EN-. Our
Valise for least is of canvas
(SI. .5O) or split leather (SI.6o),
either Ia in. Grained leather,
leather lined, brass trimmed,
IA to "a in, S8 up. Any prop
per thing you want for hand
carriage; high price or low
price.